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He raised by his aunt, Mrs. Joseph Tremblay residing at 912 rue Villeray, Montreal.
Enlisted in the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he embarked from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on May 20, 1915, bound for Great Britain, where he landed in Plymouth, England, on the 29th. On September 15, he left for France, arriving the same day in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. He was initially reported missing in action, but on January 20, 1917, he was recognized as having been killed in action at Brickfields during the Battle of Courcelette on September 15, 1916.
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
La Presse - 24 January 1917
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Private Alfred Flynn
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Flynn
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Flynn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 86 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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